North Blue, Longleg Archipelago, Bread Village.
The village was famous for producing all kinds of delicious bread.
It was also the hometown of Borsalino, better known as Admiral Kizaru.
Early that morning, the villagers were already going about their daily routines.
Smiles filled the streets, and the entire village felt warm, peaceful, and full of life.
As the hometown of a Marine Admiral, Bread Village received special protection from the Marines.
Naturally, pirates knew better than to attack it.
On the eastern side of the village, Leon slowly pushed open the door of his house and stepped outside, carrying a rocking chair in one hand.
He placed it in the courtyard, directly beneath the morning sun.
Warm sunlight washed over him, and the pleasant sensation made his eyes narrow in contentment.
Leon immediately dropped into the chair, leaned back, and put on a pair of sunglasses.
With his hands folded behind his head, he settled comfortably into place.
Beside him stood a small stone table covered with pastries, desserts, and drinks.
He picked up a glass with his left hand and took a long drink of sweet orange juice.
“Ah…”
A satisfied sigh escaped his lips.
He then reached for one of the desserts and slowly savored it.
In his previous life, Leon would never even have dared dream of living this comfortably.
That was right.
Leon was a transmigrator.
Three months ago, he had suddenly arrived in this world and discovered that he had been transported into the world of One Piece.
More than a decade had passed since the execution of Pirate King Gol D.
Roger.
His final words had ushered in the Great Pirate Era, sending countless people out to sea in search of his legendary treasure.
Every day, islands across the world were raided and plundered by pirates.
Of course, none of that had anything to do with Leon.
During his three months in Bread Village, he had not seen a single pirate.
The reason was obvious.
This was Admiral Kizaru’s hometown.
As it happened, Leon’s new identity also came with a rather impressive family connection.
He was Kizaru’s biological nephew.
Kizaru’s younger sister had been Leon’s mother.
She had passed away several years ago, leaving Leon as her only child—and Kizaru’s only remaining relative.
After learning all of this, Leon had embraced his new life of leisure without the slightest hesitation.
Bread Village was unlikely to be attacked by any pirate foolish enough to provoke an Admiral.
As Kizaru’s nephew, Leon’s family background might not have been as absurd as Monkey D.
Luffy’s, but it was still more than enough to protect him.
With such a powerful uncle and such a safe place to live, Leon felt absolutely no desire to struggle or grow stronger.
Why work himself to death when he could simply relax?
Why join everyone else in a pointless race to the top?
Leon had never possessed much ambition.
In his previous life, endless overtime and brutal working hours had eventually killed him.
He had quite literally worked himself to death.
Now that he had been reborn in the One Piece world as Admiral Kizaru’s nephew, there was even less reason to push himself.
From the very first day of his transmigration, Leon had made a firm decision.
No matter who came looking for him in this life, nobody was ever making him work overtime again.
That was why, over the past three months, the farthest he had traveled was the harbor at the edge of Bread Village.
He had never once left the island.
The seas outside were dangerous.
Ruthless pirates were everywhere, and pirate crews fought and killed one another on a daily basis.
Getting caught up in any of that would be far too troublesome.
Yes.
Troublesome.
Not frightening.
Even if Leon were dragged into a conflict between pirate crews, he would only find it annoying.
That was because, on the day he arrived in this world, he had awakened a special ability.
A transmigrator possessing a cheat was only natural, wasn’t it?
Leon’s ability was extremely simple.
It was not one of those troublesome systems that issued endless missions and only handed out rewards after every task had been completed.
His system was far more straightforward.
All Leon had to do was reach a designated location and check in.
Once he did, he would receive a generous reward.
After completing one check-in location, the system would reveal the next.
Every reward was astonishingly valuable.
Even someone as lazy and unmotivated as Leon had been left speechless by what it offered.
For example, on the very day he arrived in the One Piece world, the system activated and immediately gave him his first destination.
[Please check in at Bread Village.]
Bread Village was where he already lived.
The reward had practically been handed to him for free, so Leon considered it a welcome gift from the system.
That had also been the only check-in he had completed during the past three months.
Yet the reward from that single check-in had already transformed his strength beyond recognition.
What had he received?
Leon recalled the notification from three months ago.
[Check-in at Bread Village successful.]
[Congratulations, Host.
You have obtained the combined physiques of Whitebeard, Kaido, and Charlotte Linlin at their peaks.]
Leon’s original body had not been particularly weak, but it could not possibly compare to the monsters who roamed the seas.
Some of those monsters possessed absurd vitality, while others had nearly indestructible bodies.
Kaido and Charlotte Linlin were two of the most famous examples.
Kaido was known as the Strongest Creature in the world.
That title alone said everything about his physical power.
Charlotte Linlin was even more abnormal.
At only six years old, she had destroyed an entire village of giants through raw strength alone.
Her natural physique might have been even more terrifying than Kaido’s.
She was a born destroyer.
And now, with his very first check-in, Leon had received the combined physiques of three of the greatest monsters ever to sail the seas.
His physical abilities had been raised to a completely unreasonable level.
More importantly, the reward had not simply given him the physiques of Whitebeard, Kaido, and Charlotte Linlin without specifying their age.
The system had granted him their physiques at their absolute peaks.
There was an enormous difference between gaining the body of a future Emperor as a child and gaining that same person’s physique at the height of their power.
There were no misleading tricks hidden in the reward.
Leon had received exactly what the description promised.
The peak physiques of three Emperors of the Sea.
How powerful was the body of even one Emperor in their prime?
It was almost impossible to measure.
Yet Leon had received all three at once.
Although he was only sixteen years old, his body had inherited and fused the physical qualities of Whitebeard, Kaido, and Charlotte Linlin at their strongest.
He was a living fusion of three peak Emperors.
An absolute monster from birth.
Even without combat experience, swordsmanship, or any formal training, his body alone was enough to place him among the strongest people on the seas.
And that was not all.
The moment the three physiques fused with him, Leon had naturally awakened all three forms of Haki.
Observation Haki.
Armament Haki.
Conqueror’s Haki.
Considering the bodies he had inherited, awakening all three came as no surprise.
There were rare individuals in this world whose natural gifts were so extraordinary that they awakened Haki without formal training.
One example was Patrick Redfield, the legendary pirate known as Red the Aloof.
His Observation Haki had been exceptionally powerful from a young age.
Leon possessed the combined physiques of three Emperors at their peaks.
His body could rightfully be called the strongest natural physique in the world.
Under those circumstances, awakening all three forms of Haki was perfectly reasonable.
At least, that was what Leon believed.